Remote Image (Godot Plugin)

Remote Image is a lightweight Godot plugin that makes it easy to load images from a URL at runtime. It includes an in-memory cache so repeated requests for the same URL are served instantly without another download.

Features

• Simple API for downloading images from URLs
• Runtime in-memory caching
• Supports: PNG, JPEG, SVG, WebP, BMP

Installation

1. Copy the addons/remote_image folder into your project.
2. Enable the plugin in Project Settings → Plugins.

Usage

• Enable the plugin after installing the asset.
• This will automatically add an autoload called RemoteImageCache and also give you access to the RemoteImageRequest node.

const url = "https://godotengine.org/assets/press/logo_large_color_light.png"

var req = RemoteImageRequest.new(url, true)
req.received.connect(_on_image_received)
req.failed.connect(_on_image_failed)
add_child(req)
req.download()

func _on_image_received(image: ImageTexture, url: String, from_cache: bool) -> void:
	if image:
		print("Received image from: ", url)
		print("From cache: ", from_cache)
		$MarginContainer/TextureRect.texture = image
	else:
		print("At this point, this should never happen...")
	
func _on_image_failed(url: String, error: String) -> void:
	print("Image load failed for: ", url, error)

Signals

• received(image: ImageTexture, url: String, from_cache: bool) – emitted when the image is downloaded and decoded
• failed(url: String, error: String) – emitted when the download or decode fails

Notes

• Cache is in-memory and lasts for the lifetime of the running game.
• If the same URL is requested again, the cached image is returned immediately.

TODO

• Maybe add persistant caching?

Acknowledgments

• https://github.com/Skyvastern/image-download-tutorial

License

See LICENSE.